AILA raises $3 million pre-Series A to expand personalised learning platform

Funding

Saudi education technology company AILA has raised $3 million in a pre-Series A funding round. Rua Growth Fund led the round. Jo Academy, 500 Global, Bunat VC and Fikr Ventures participated. Jo Academy, a Jordanian edtech company with a growing regional presence, joined as a strategic investor.

The investment marks the next stage of AILA's growth. It follows a pre-seed round of $1.15 million closed in 2024. Sabah Hub led that round. White Hill Capital and three Saudi angel investors also participated.

Product

AILA was founded in 2023 by Yousef Alsayed and Abdulaziz Bin Mugayel. The company builds AI-powered personalised learning software around an AI-native assessment platform that tracks each student's proficiency. The platform spots gaps in understanding and adapts assessment, practice and feedback accordingly. Students receive support that follows their progress. Teachers and school leaders get a clearer picture of performance, allowing them to focus support where it is needed.

Two products are central to AILA's offering. AILA Tests is an AI-native learning platform for personalised exam preparation in schools. AILA Labs is a research and development hub where the company tests new AI-powered education tools.

Expansion plans

The new money will be used to expand into regional and international markets, develop AILA's AI capabilities further, and reach more students, educators, schools and education systems. The investor group also brings operational experience, networks and market knowledge that can help AILA enter those markets and build education-sector partnerships.

Yousef Alsayed, AILA's chief executive, said the funding allows the company to deliver personalised, AI-native learning to more students while education systems across the region are reassessing what technology can offer.

Alaa Jarrar, chief executive of Jo Academy, said Arabic-speaking students need learning experiences built from the start for them, rather than translated from other languages. Jarrar described AILA's traction with Saudi schools as a strong sign of product-market fit and said regional edtech leadership will come from local founders such as AILA.

Turki Aljoaib, co-founder and managing partner at Rua Growth Fund, said his firm was drawn to AILA's ability to turn assessment data into practical guidance for educators and focused practice for students. He said Rua is proud to lead the round and support AILA as it scales Saudi-built AI education tools for schools across the region and beyond.

AILA's stated goal is to become a leading AI-native education platform and make high-quality personalised learning available to learners at scale.